Marry Me, Neon Violet
I would die for Neon Violet. I'm only halfway through Neon White, and there are still some obvious mysteries to uncover, so who knows - maybe I did die for her. If I did, all I can say is it was definitely my fault. Romance in games is nothing new, and there are much longer, deeper games that take you on more personal journeys through their love affairs, but I've never met a character quite like Neon Violet. Neon Red, the other female character present in your story, is fine, but she's also pretty common in the video game world. She's a dry-witted assassin who takes no shit, has long flowing hair, a model's body, and could kick your ass from here to Texas. In the real world, that would make her compelling. In video games... meh. I've seen it all before. What else ya got?
That's where Neon Violet comes in. I wrote two weeks ago, when Lollipop Chainsaw was confirmed to be "back" in a low-key tweet that offered zero follow-up, that we needed more characters like Juliet Starling. Neon Violet is the answer to that demand. Neon Violet is highly strung, highly sexed, highly weird, and highly violent. I also assume she's just high, most of the time.
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Neon Violet feels like if you mixed every character Bella Thorne has ever played together in a blender, spilled the goo inside a Hot Topic, and then made it write fanfiction. Judging by her reaction when she discovers Neon Yellow has been reading said fanfiction, it's all rated M. Extremely M. Neon White had my attention from the first trailer, when it described itself as a game by freaks for freaks, and Neon Violet is the freak for me.
There aren't enough female characters in games who are allowed
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